Globalization and marginality in geographical space
Subtitle: political, economic and social issues of development at the new millennium
By: edited by Heikki Jussila (University of Oulu, Finland), Roser Majoral (University of Barcelona, Spain), Fernanda Delgado-Cravidão (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Contributors: Majoral i Moliné, Roser, editor
Series: Routledge revivals; Routledge revivals
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781315196183
Subjects: Economic development; Congresses; Globalization; Social Marginality; Regional disparities; Marginal productivity; Développement économique; Congrès; Mondialisation; Disparités régionales; Productivité marginale
Description: "This title was first published in 2001. An examination of globalization and marginality in geographical space. It discusses the issue of marginalization and the effects that economic globalization have on marginal and critical regions from the point of view of politics and policies and the shift from economic to social issues of development."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published 2001 by Ashgate Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction  -- Heikki Jussila; title: part Part 1 -- Effects of Globalization --; title: chapter 2 Globalization, deregulation, marginalization: Where are we at the end of the millennium?  -- Walter Leimgruber; title: chapter 3 Globalization and economic marginalization: North-South differences  -- Lawrence M. Sommers, Assefa Mehretu and Bruce WM. Pigozzi; title: chapter 4 Great Plains settlement: Globalization and deregulation  -- J. Clark Archer; title: chapter 5 Southern Patagonia facing globalization  -- Maria Eugenia Cepparo de Grosso; title: chapter 6 Managing integration and marginalization for the New Europe  -- Henri Goverde; title: part Part 2 -- Policies and Politics of Change --; title: chapter 7 A Northern dimension for the European Union: Background and proposals  -- Toivo Muilu; title: chapter 8 Rural Northern Finland and EU-membership  -- Matti Hakkila; title: chapter 9 The Tuscany observatory of rural society development: A policy tool against spatial and information marginalization  -- Maria Andreoli; title: chapter 10 The deep rural context and micro-regional changes in Southern Portugal --; title: chapter 11 Unforeseen regional effects as a result of corporatization of government administrative bodies  -- Paul Olav Berg; title: chapter 12 Consequences of regulation and deregulation in marginal and critical economies of the U.S. Pacific Northwest  -- Steven Kale; title: chapter 13 deregulation and marginality: New public policies and new approaches to the planning of tourism  -- Francisco Lopez-Palomeque; title: part Part 3 -- From economic to social issues --; title: chapter 14 From economic marginality to the problems of 'quality of life'  -- Maria Andreoli; title: chapter 15 The 'old' and 'new' forms of inequality: The case of Portugal  -- Sandra Marques; title: chapter 16 Mill town without its mills: Preliminary assessment of the consequences of industrial abandonment  -- William R. Stanley; title: chapter 17 Demographic factors contributing to regional imbalances in Spain --; title: chapter 18 Social neighbourhoods in peripheries: A Finnish-Swedish comparison  -- Jarmo Rusanen; title: chapter 19 People who were not there but are now! Aboriginality in Tasmania --; title: chapter 20 Child labour, the reverse of economic globalization in peripheral regions  -- Lucttia Caetano; title: chapter 21 The plight of women in the margins of rural life in Africa: The case of Zimbabwe  -- Assefa Mehretu; title: part Part 4 -- Conclusions and Summary --; title: chapter 22 Conclusions and summary -- Heikki Jussila.